By MICHAEL CASEY A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, ...

Athena, a beloved sloth, who seemed lively and not slothful, has died at age 7 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

We miss her dearly’ - Athena, the Linnaeus's two-toed sloth at the National Zoo, died overnight on November 13 after rapidly ...

WASHINGTON — The National Zoo is grieving the loss of a 7-year-old sloth named Athena, who died after a "sudden and irreversible" health decline. According to the National Zoo, Athena developed ...